Ray Charles, “Mess Around” (1953)
Crazy week here, hard drive meltdowns, computer to the indifferent shop, and offline for two long days. I realized, for better or worse, that online is basically where I live nowadays so I really felt lost there for awhile. But I can always put on something from The Birth of Soul and feel something like I have approximated coming home again. Maybe it’s like that for you too? Don’t miss the iconic moment here when Ray Charles drives the wedge of silence between the words “pit” and “barbecue” in the first line, and somehow launches the whole thing to high levels of excitement.
One more: “It Should’ve Been Me”
More stuff at Can’t Explain.
Omnes Omnibus
We got onto music in the last thread. I just discovered Anna Calvi today. She’s not Ray, but who is?
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman: If it isn’t, it is because it temporarily slipped someone’s mind.
The Dangerman
1953? OK, into the way back machines, laddies.
General Stuck
I miss Ray Charles, some folks should never have to leave us.
B good Tanyas- The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman: Christ, I am the young guy on this thread? Dig the Calvi. She’s something real.
The Dangerman
@efgoldman:
I can vaguely recall “All You Need Is Love” on Sullivan; now, I look at the clips and see Jagger wiped out in the audience and I don’t think I even know who Jagger was…
…and I was far from clear in my Tull; I was heading back to Year 1. The way, WAY back machine (but I love Tull and most all progressive music; give me Floyd, Tull, and Genesis (with some derivatives, meaning, solo Gabriel) and I’m a happy deserted castaway).
Gravenstone
Likely to get lost in the rest of things here, but I need to mention my newest addiction, Black Country Communion.
Song of Yesterday
burnspbesq
New Jayhawks album, the first since 1995 with both Olson and Louris Involved, out next Tuesday. New Wilco the following Tuesday.
Just ordered Sonny Rollins’ “Road Shows, Vol. 2”. It includes most of the historic 80th birthday concert, the first time Sonny and Ornette ever performed together. Can’t wait to hear it.
AA+ Bonds
Keep it classy, never change
Suffern ACE
@AA+ Bonds: LOL. So what was he doing there?
AA+ Bonds
lol
burnspbesq
Blackburn – Arsenal is the early match on espn2 tomorrow. Not worth getting up at 4:30. Chelsea – ManU on Sunday. That could be good.
Australia – Ireland kicks off in about three hours. The lack of US teevee coverage of the RWC is unfortunate.
Martin
@burnspbesq:
Dude, TiVo.
Jewish Steel
Looking through some amazon recommendations led me to a chap named Ioannis Anastassakis. He has a tremolo technique book. I could use some work on my tremolo for sure. It “gallops ” and I don’t really have that much control over it.
Let’s see what this cat’s got up on youtube.
Oh, dear.
CT Voter
LOVE this song. I have it on tape. Yes. Tape. Recorded from an actual vinyl album. And I have a car with a tape deck. So last century.
And when I play this song, suddenly I find myself doing 80 on I-84. And singing along.
Yutsano
Can’t do too much night shifting this eve. They’re shutting off the power in my building and my laptop battery sucks. But I’ll do what I can.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jewish Steel: Not a fan… Quite talented but….
CT Voter
Can’t resist. Part of the same 20th century tape playing in my 20th century tape deck in my car: youtube.com/watch?v=Mrd14PxaUco
Jewish Steel
@Omnes Omnibus: The perils of virtuosity, Omnes. Just because you can play so many BPMs…
Lucky for us mortals our feet are anchored firmly to the ground.
Mino
@efgoldman: First 45, Elvis Love Me Tender
I missed Elvis, but saw the Beatles and the Stones. I think that qualifies as old fart.
AA+ Bonds
errybody buy this hat
Omnes Omnibus
@Jewish Steel: One of the things I have always liked about Mark Knopfler is that he does not push the notes/minute barrier.
Yutsano
All the lights on my street are off. Creepy.
Suffern ACE
@Yutsano: And no one is streaking yet?
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: Watch out for zombies.
Jewish Steel
@Omnes: Right. David Gilmour, George Harrison were hardly speed demons. EVHalen was real monster, but I always wanted to hear 7 perfectly placed, artfully articulated notes from him. That’s the real challenge, I think.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jewish Steel: Exactly.
AA+ Bonds
Rep union shit everywhere, buy surplus Teamsters convention hats and wear them around, the season is starting, put on your colors.
Point out to whiners that all that shit is guaran-goddamn-teed Made in America.
The Democrats need to get out front on the labor issue now, because otherwise it will be the point of attack for Fox during the general.
AA+ Bonds
You think I’m lying? I told you, read Fox News everyday.
This party line was rolled out on the Wall Street Journal Editorial Report on September 3rd. Expect to see this wedge driven hard.
burnspbesq
@Jewish Steel:
“but I always wanted to hear 7 perfectly placed, artfully articulated notes”
Robbie Robertson is your man.
burnspbesq
@Martin:
“Dude, TiVo.”
That is so three weeks ago. Replay on demand on iPad, courtesy of the Watch ESPN app.
burnspbesq
Upset city!
Ireland 15, Australia 6.
tomvox1
Maybe I am a bit heretical but for good or ill this awesome Ray Charles song is also inextricably linked in my mind to the late, great John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles:
youtube.com/watch?v=EmpMqa89wx8
And the sequence after the song ends might be one of the funniest in American film comedy… :D
Scott Supak
OK, to trot out one of my backstage stories, which I hardly ever tell anymore, I was working as a prop man on the Joan Rivers show when Ray Charles was a guest. Being young (I later learned that we stagehands really shouldn’t ask for autographs) and a huge fan, I asked for Ray’s autograph, and his people shuffled him off, but one of his body guards stopped and told me that he didn’t sign autographs, but that I shouldn’t feel bad, because even President Reagan asked him for one.